Girls' name · since 1974
Venesha
96 babies named Venesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,612 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 96
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
Venesha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 96 recorded since 1974.
Social Security Administration records show Venesha recorded 96 times among girls since 1974, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1994.
- #27,612 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 96 born since 1974
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Venesha ranks #27,612 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 96 born since 1974, peaking in the 1970s.
- #27,612 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 96
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
Venesha's 96 recorded births place it above 61.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Venesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Venesha splits its recorded history at 1983: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Venesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1994
- Peak year (1990)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Venesha by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (32 births, 33% of the file).
1970s was Venesha's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Venesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
32 births
- 1980s
1980s
32 births
- 1990s
1990s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 32 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Venesha's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (32 total births) through the 1990s (32) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Venesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Venesha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.